A tightly choreographed dance between NASA’s Deep Space Network and Mars orbiters will keep the agency’s Perseverance in touch with Earth during landing and beyond….
When the agency’s newest rover mission searches for fossilized microscopic life on the Red Planet, how will scientists know whether they’ve found it? NASA’s Mars…
Updated models predict that NASA’s Perseverance rover will encounter more ancient surfaces. A Southwest Research Institute scientist has updated Mars chronology models to find that…
What to expect when the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover arrives at the Red Planet on February 18, 2021. With about 2.4 million miles (3.9 million…
Following touchdown, MOXIE will brew up oxygen while geologists comb for sediments to sample. On Thursday, NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, is scheduled to touch…
New method for growing cyanobacteria under Mars-like conditions. NASA, in collaboration with other leading space agencies, aims to send its first human missions to Mars…
As dust collects on the solar panels and winter comes to Elysium Planitia, the team is following a plan to reduce science operations in order…
All landings on Mars are difficult, but NASA’s Perseverance rover is attempting to touch down in the most challenging terrain on Mars ever targeted. The…
Dust storms are one of the defining features of the Martian atmosphere. They range from microscale dust devils to global events, and greatly impact the…
Mark your calendars for live landing commentary, news briefings, livestreamed Q&As, virtual watch parties, student activities, and more. NASA is inviting the public to take…
Technology will collect critical data about the harsh entry environment during Perseverance’s entry on Thursday. Nearly six-and-a-half months and 300 million miles since launch, NASA’s…
On February 18, 2021, NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will land on the Red Planet ESA’s Mars orbiters – the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter…
This image features the southeast wall of a small crater located a few hundred kilometers to the north of the giant Hellas impact basin on…
Sea salt embedded in the dusty surface of Mars and lofted into the planet’s atmosphere has led to the discovery of hydrogen chloride – the…
Entry, Descent, and Landing – often referred to as “EDL” – is the shortest and most intense phase of the Mars 2020 mission. It begins…
How two new technologies will help Perseverance, NASA’s most sophisticated rover yet, touch down onto the surface of Mars this month. After a nearly seven-month…
A new NASA paper provides the most detailed map to date of near-surface water ice on the Red Planet. So you want to build a…
NASA and three international partners have signed a statement of intent to advance a possible robotic Mars ice mapping mission, which could help identify abundant,…